To get an accurate improvement analysis on your business and its operations, you should implement some procedures to help with certain basic functions and processes.
Process mapping will give evidence in regards to where your activities are weak and where they are strongest. They will also show how to improve upon some aspects and operations that are involved with functions and activities employed during each process involved with productivity.
Any new activities or methods of procedure will be analyzed and graded in regards to the improvement they may have made in productivity.
If you determine an automated process will be of benefit, now would be the optimum time to make that happen.
Improving productivity and eliminating any bottleneck activities will go a long way to making your business the success it deserves to be.